This is something we hadn’t heard before. New reports indicate that Taika Waititi directed the mid-credits scene of his Phase 4 MCU film, Thor: Love and Thunder, entirely remotely. The scene that introduced us to Thor’s final antagonist, Hercules, was actually shot on the other side of the world, claims the film’s VFX supervisor, Jake Morrison, in a new interview. The fourth installment in the Thor franchise currently holds a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the second lowest since Thor: The Dark World.
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In Thor: Love and Thunder mid-credits scene, the audience sees Zeus lying hurt and angry at Thor for stealing his lightning bolt and escaping Omnipotence City, leaving the former’s reputation and ego in tatters. The aftermath of a fallout between two gods is never a pretty sight to remember and it becomes clear when Zeus delivers a monologue expressing his wish to make everyone remember the power the gods wield – “When did we become the joke? No more. They’ll fear us again when Thor Odinson fell from the sky. »
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In the next scene, Hercules is introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, played by Emmy-winning actor Brett Goldstein from Ted Lasso celebrity. What’s amazing about this whole scene is that the parts with Russell Crowe and Goldstein weren’t filmed consistently or even in the same location. In fact, Taika Waititi managed to direct the two-part middle credits from his location in Burbank, California, while Goldstein was in London and Crowe was in Sydney. The film’s VFX supervisor revealed the experience in an interview with Josh Wilding:
“I have to tell you the logistics to pull this off, we had an amazing day where we were based in Burbank…we had a live video link so Taika could talk to everyone, and we had the ADs there, and we had one of our other teams working on VFX… And we did that and it was morning.
And then we got a little dark for a while, and did a few other things, and then in the afternoon we shot the other side of the stage, which is in Sydney where Russell Crowe was… Taika is just sitting there in this… control room… in our big screening room at Marvel and so we’re sitting there saying, ‘The man may never leave a seat again… That’s a director’s dream.’ He can just like “You do that” and he’s able to chat…and the actors can see it, and everything.
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The Need for an MCU Post-Credits Scene
Marvel’s post-credits scenes hold a separate space in the fandom, so much so that they can be ranked on how good they are. Marvel has always had a master plan at work, courtesy of Kevin Feige. His decade-long vision set the parameters within which the Marvel Cinematic Universe would operate, and the post-credits scenes worked to move the plot forward without disrupting the narrative and sustaining audiences until the next big blockbuster.
As such, all of the mid-credits and post-credits have always been associated with the current story or functioned as a foreshadowing of what is to come in the future. The last project, Thor: Love and Thunder, was also not exempt from this rule. The Thor 4 The mid-credits scene that introduced us to Hercules, the son of Zeus, served to deepen the plot of the storyline into the Marvel Universe, in which we have the opportunity to see Hercules playing an active role in the MCU and run into Thor.
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This not only sets the precedent for having a skeletal diagram for Thor 5 in the future, but Marvel now also has another god (literally, the god of strength) in its playbook to use in the battle ahead. And as the records show, a being of such great potential could be made to stay in the MCU universe and possibly join the Avengers at some point, preferably in Phase 5 before Kang’s showdown begins. .
Thor: Love and Thunder is currently available on Disney+ for streaming.
Source: Josh Wilding
